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Paramount launching in Russia and Hungary
Viacom has struck new carriage deals for the Paramount Channel in Russia and Hungary. In…
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Motive Television plans Freeview tablet service by World Cup
TV technology firm Motive Television said that it expects to launch a UK tablet service that…
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Dogus Media taps Kaltura for multiscreen TV service
Turkey’s Dogus Media is using Kaltura’s online video platform for its tvyo ad-supported multiscreen TV…
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Itsmy.TV launches HbbTV games in Germany
Munich-based TV games startup itsmy.TV has launched a platform of HbbTV-based games for smart TVs….
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Danish OTT services provider Xstream takes substantial investment
Copenhagen-based OTT and TV Everywhere services provider Xstream has received investment from Danish private equity…
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Numericable adds Outremer Telecom chief to administrative council
French cable operator Numericable has named Jean-Michel Hégésippe to its administrative council, replacing Marco de…
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Volia adds Unian TV to line-up
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added 1+1 Media-owned sports and news channel Unian TV to…
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Cosmos TV Belarus adds TiJi
Belarusian pay TV operator Cosmos TV Belarus has added two new channels to its programming…
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Liberty Global rules out Spanish push
Liberty Global has denied that it is looking to make a move into the Spanish…
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UK TV viewing still 98.5% done on traditional sets
A massive 98.5% of UK TV viewing was done on a traditional TV set last…
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Time Warner Cable shareholders sue over Comcast deal
A Time Warner Cable shareholder issuing to block Comcast Communications’ US$45.2 billion (€33 billion) cable…
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Sky secures Indian Premier League cricket
BSkyB has secured exclusive rights to Indian Premier League cricket for the first time. Under…
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TeliaSonera names new commercial chief
Nordic service provider TeliaSonera has named Hélène Barnekow as senior vice-president and chief commercial officer…
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Rostelecom builds out new backbone in Sakha
Russian service provider Rostelecom has deployed a new DWDM-based optical backbone in the Siberian Republic…
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Arianespace postpones Astra 5B launch
Space launch company Arianespace has postponed the launch of the vehicle due to carry SES’s…
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Farncombe ships 23 OpenTest systems
TV technology consultancy firm Farncombe said that it shipped 23 OpenTest automated consumer device testing…
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Liberty Global’s next-generation video subscriber numbers reach 2.5 million
Liberty Global reported a next-generation video user base of 2.5 million, after a “watershed year”…
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Web-connected TV figures top 60%
Some 63% of broadband households in the US have at least one TV set that…
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T-Hrvatski Telekom looks to international expansion
Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian service provider T-Hrvatski Telekom will look to invest further in its infrastructure…
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France: more catch-up content but viewing flatlines
The number of hours of catch-up viewing content available from French TV channels increased to…
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Second pilots round ‘up 100%’ for Amazon
Amazon Instant Video has revealed figures showing its second original pilots season has outscored the…
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Vimeo launches Occupy Wall Street project internationally
Vimeo has launched the 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film on its online video…
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Deutsche Telekom takes Macedonia all-IP
Deutsche Telekom said that Makedonski Telekom is now the first company within the group with…
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MTS extends chief executive’s contract
Russian service provider MTS has extended the contract of current president Andrey Dubovskov for a…
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Unitymedia KabelBW sees Horizon growth
Liberty Global-owned German operator Unitymedia KabelBW had signed up 75,000 Horizon advanced set-top box customers…
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More box sets to come from BSkyB
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has added new TV box sets to its on-demand line-up,…
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Comcast to pay US$45 billion for Time Warner Cable
Comcast has confirmed it has struck a deal to buy rival Time Warner Cable (TWC)…
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MTG reports revenue growth following ‘year of investment’
European broadcasting firm Modern Times Group (MTG) reported its fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth…
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Telenet sees triple-play and SVoD boost
Liberty Global-owned Belgian cable operator Telenet saw its triple-play base edge closer to half its…
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Virgin Media reaches two million TiVo customers
UK operator Virgin Media reached a milestone figure of two million TiVo customers this week,…